Keywords: Appendicitis, Computed Tomography, Contrast Medium, Acute Appendicitis, Adult, Aged, Appendectomy, Article, Cecum, Computer Assisted Tomography, Controlled Study, Correlation Analysis, Diagnostic Accuracy, Female, Human, Image Analysis, Major Clinical Study, Outpatient, Priority Journal, Sex Difference, Administration, Age Factors, 80 And Over, Image Processing, Computer-Assisted, Middle Aged, Sex Factors, X-Ray Computed,
Affiliations: *** IBB - CNR ***
Dip. Sc. Biomorfologiche e Funzionali, Universita' di Napoli Federico II, IBB-CNR, Via Pansini 5, 80131 Naples, Italy
Via Pacuvio 25, 80122 Naples, Italy
Department of Radiology, UCSD Medical Center, San Diego, CA, United States
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